Great Judgment morning

Collected by: 5 Collected from:
James R. Rhodes Mrs. T.M. Davis
For: Fayetteville, Ark.
Miss Mary C. Parler April 30, 1962
The Great Judgment Morning Reel 405, Item 5
I dreamed that the great judgment morning
Had dawned and the trumpet had blown
The nations had gathered together
For judgment before the white throne
From the throne came the bright shining angel
And stood on the land and the sea
And swore with his hands raised to heaven
That times was no longer to be.
Then, Oh, what a weeping and wailing As the lost were told of their fate They cried for the rocks and the mountains They prayed but their prayers were too late.
The rich man was there but his money
Had melted and vanished away
A pauper he stood in the judgment
And his debts were too heavy to pay
The great man was there but his greatness
When death came was left far behind
The angel that opened the record
Not a trace of his greatness could find
Then, Oh, what a weeping and wailing
As the lost were told of their fate
They cried for the rocks and mountains
They prayed but their prayers were too late.
The moral man stood in the judgment But his self-righteous rags would not do The men who had crucified Jesus Had passed off as moral men too.
The widow was there and the orphan
God heard and remembered their cry
No sorrow in heaven forever
God wiped all the tears from their eyes.
And, it's oh, what a weeping and wailing As the lost were told of their fate They cried for the rocks and the mountains They prayed but their prayers were too late.
The gambler was there and the drunkard
And the man who had sold them the drink
And the people who issued the licence
To gather in hell they did sink.
And the sould that had put off salvation Not, tonight, I'll get saved by and by No time now to think of religion At last they had found time to die And oh, what a weeping and wailing As the lost were told of their fate They cried for the rocks and the mountains They prayed but their prayers were too late.

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Collected by: 5 Collected from:
James R. Rhodes Mrs. T.M. Davis
For: Fayetteville, Ark.
Miss Mary C. Parler April 30, 1962
The Great Judgment Morning Reel 405, Item 5
I dreamed that the great judgment morning
Had dawned and the trumpet had blown
The nations had gathered together
For judgment before the white throne
From the throne came the bright shining angel
And stood on the land and the sea
And swore with his hands raised to heaven
That times was no longer to be.
Then, Oh, what a weeping and wailing As the lost were told of their fate They cried for the rocks and the mountains They prayed but their prayers were too late.
The rich man was there but his money
Had melted and vanished away
A pauper he stood in the judgment
And his debts were too heavy to pay
The great man was there but his greatness
When death came was left far behind
The angel that opened the record
Not a trace of his greatness could find
Then, Oh, what a weeping and wailing
As the lost were told of their fate
They cried for the rocks and mountains
They prayed but their prayers were too late.
The moral man stood in the judgment But his self-righteous rags would not do The men who had crucified Jesus Had passed off as moral men too.
The widow was there and the orphan
God heard and remembered their cry
No sorrow in heaven forever
God wiped all the tears from their eyes.
And, it's oh, what a weeping and wailing As the lost were told of their fate They cried for the rocks and the mountains They prayed but their prayers were too late.
The gambler was there and the drunkard
And the man who had sold them the drink
And the people who issued the licence
To gather in hell they did sink.
And the sould that had put off salvation Not, tonight, I'll get saved by and by No time now to think of religion At last they had found time to die And oh, what a weeping and wailing As the lost were told of their fate They cried for the rocks and the mountains They prayed but their prayers were too late.